The Lakers beating the red-hot Knicks, 110-97, on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena is impressive in itself. The Lakers entered Sunday with a 4-12 record against teams with winning percentages of .600 or better, calming concerns for at least one day about how they have fared against some of the NBA’s better teams. Jalen Brunson of […]
Under normal circumstances, the Lakers would not have played a competitive game against the Pelicans on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. Because in most seasons, a team like the Pelicans, who entered the game with the league’s sixth-worst record, was hoping to drop in the standings to secure the best possible lottery odds. But this […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Lost in the frustration of the Lakers’ loss to the Suns on Thursday was the fact that coach JJ Redick made a change that should benefit the team in the long run. The Lakers adjusted their rotation to allow Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to be on the floor more, while also […]
Draymond Green isn’t so sure Nico Harrison deserves the constant criticism he received over the Luka Doncic trade. The Warriors star called out NBA media members who weren’t on board with the blockbuster deal during an episode of his self-titled podcast this week. “So many people crushed Nico for the reasons he gave [for trading […]
PHOENIX — The Lakers told themselves again. That’s part of the reason why there was so much frustration surrounding their 113-110 road loss to the Suns on Thursday night. Because if the Lakers extrapolated the effort, energy, physicality and grit they displayed in the final five and a half minutes against the Suns over the […]
Everything felt heavy in the Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night. Not loud. Not electric. Just heavy. The Lakers led the Magic for almost 90 percent of the game. They built up multiple 12-point pads. They shot over 48 percent from the field. Made more threes. More shots blocked. On paper it should have been a […]
The golden banners glittered in the rafters of Crypto.com Arena on Sunday afternoon. They were shown repeatedly on the video board, during the NBC broadcast and during the halftime celebration of former Lakers coach Pat Riley, who helped hang four of them during his tenure. The afternoon would be a celebration for the Hall of […]
Luka Doncic scored 38 points and added 11 assists on Friday as the Los Angeles Lakers narrowly defeated the LA Clippers 125-122 at Crypto.com Arena. “It wasn’t bad. Obviously the time after the game, but I felt good,” Doncic said of returning from a four-game absence due to a mild hamstring strain. Doncic described his […]
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers’ first game of the season with a fully healthy roster on Friday night against the Clippers provided all the glimmers of optimism a stakeholder could hope for. It also highlighted some of their biggest concerns. The good for the Lakers in their 125-122 win over the Clippers: Luka Dončić’s hot […]
Are the Lakers a mediocre shooting team? Or is it a team with good shooters who perform from below the three-point arc? The answer to these questions will be a deciding factor in the Lakers’ success after the All-Star break, which begins with Friday’s home game against the Clippers. The Lakers entered Friday ranked 21st […]